Lunatics, pomp and pageantry Jubilee celebrations Daniel Aforo “The Independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it’s linked with the total liberation of all African States”. Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic of Ghana, delivered this positive message at Accra Polo grounds at the time […]
World’s Largest Seed Collection Receives a Multimillion Dollar Grant from Gates
A series of multi-million dollar grants have made it possible for few dozen of the world’s major food crops, almost always propagated clonally, to be stored as seed in Norway’s famous Svalbard (also called the “Doomsday Vault” in popular media) facility. Originally opened in 2006, Svalbard is just one of many germplasm repositories of valuable […]
TB wake-up call for Africa
The recent emergence of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa is not only the result of poor treatment adherence by TB patients. It stems from years of neglect endured by TB programmes throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The current scale of the region’s drug resistance challenge is poorly understood, and African TB programmes are […]
Organics as Medication
The evidence has been mounting for some time that organic food contains a higher concentration of valuable nutrients than conventionally produced counterparts. Modern nutritional science has determined the lacking compounds are powerful components of our natural immune and cellular repair systems. Moreover, there are well-known, physiological reasons in botany for this effect that has been known for […]
Neil Young – The Bridge To Ben
The Bridge to Ben This is a story of desire, a story of love and determination, and a story of inspiration, the desire is that of a Father, and his longing to communicate with his Son. There once was a boy named, Ben. Whose Father was a Rock and Roll Icon. A very busy man […]
Low Cost Technology Saves Poor
Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]